Vacation!

It had been almost ten years since our family was on a vacation for more than three days. Over the ten years we built a house and my husband also became self employed. Those two things don't leave much time for vacations! So we were so happy to have the opportunity to go on a trip for a week to Hilton Head Island, SC and Savannah, GA!

We had a great time at a beautiful resort and we really cherished the family time we had together.

We took a trolley through Savannah which showed all the sections of this beautiful city and we were able to get off at the stops and walk around.

There were markets on River Street and we actually went back by ferry to visit them.

Caitlin loved the pools at the Westin and Hampton Lake and we spent time riding in the golf carts, mini golfing and eating lots of great food!

 We ate at some cool restaurants! One was called the Crazy Crab and Caitlin had a huge pot of crab legs. Her favorite!

It was a great trip but I think my favorite night was when we visited a friend who lives there and he and his wife made us a traditional South Carolina shrimp boil! YUMMY!!!

Our friend and Dan and his wife Sandy have a great home with a dock in their yard. Dan took us out on his boat. No gators though--it was salt water!

My son is like his Dad and really loved when they went kayaking. What a great trip.  My husband has traveled down to South Carolina several times now for business and he was right. It's beautiful!

Home now and ready to take on our front walkway project and distribute the 8 yards of mulch we bought for the property. Plus we have another chicken coop to build with a run. Flowers and veggie garden to plant.....Time to get back to our lives!

If It's Spring, Why is There Still Snow Coming?

My calendar says April...and I know we have had snow in April in years gone by but I am so surprised that we are still getting some considering we have had days in the high 60's and 70's!
Oh well! In a few weeks our family will be going on vacation and it will be warm there! Looking forward to it.

So allow me to introduce you to our three new girlies. Veronica, Francesca and Charlotte! We got them at 3 days old and they are growing fast! They are healthy and frisky and love attention! They are Plymouth Barred Rocks and will grow to be full size chickens as opposed to Carol and  Frankie who are silkies and those are bantams. Got that?  :)

So of course the chicken coop will be receiving an extension and a covered run. We have hawks and I can't let the chickens roam free. it's been so fun raising them. We really love our pets. They are good eaters and just love to chatter and play.

I've got all the Easter décor put away and now I am slowly taking out more Americana. I LOVE Americana! I keep some out all year but I really add more in these months since the next big holiday I decorate for is HALLOWEEN! I'm excited already. I have some ideas for Fall and Halloween crafts ...I'm a little crazy but I just love that time of year so much!

I saw my first garage sale sign the other day...a little early considering the weather has been so crazy but there it was. It won't be one I get to go to but the season is coming up. I thought I would have a great amount of items to dig through ....we just purchased our first house to flip and it belonged to a hoarder. I'm thinking lots and lots of good OLD stuff--Halloween, Christmas anything from the good ole days. Well, the house is packed to the rafters...literally--My husband had to climb through a window to get in to the house when we took it over but nothing is good. And what would have been good is ruined by all the yucky stuff that was on top of it. I was disappointed. Better luck next time!

Have a great Saturday!